Adam Mendler is a nationally recognized authority on leadership, renowned for his unique ability to deliver perspective-shifting insights shaped by interviewing more than 500 of America’s most successful leaders.
As the creator and host of Thirty Minute Mentors, Adam regularly interviews Fortune 500 CEOs, founders of household name companies, Hall of Fame and Olympic gold medal winning athletes, four-star generals, and major political leaders.
Adam has authored more than 70 articles published in major media outlets including Forbes, Inc., and HuffPost; has led businesses across a variety of industries; has worked for prominent companies in finance, entertainment, and sports; has created corporate learning content used by executives around the world; and teaches graduate-level courses on leadership at UCLA.
While Adam speaks to a diverse range of audiences and customizes each keynote to ensure maximum impact, he enters every talk deeply-focused on the same two goals: that every person in the room walks away with new information that they can apply immediately to enjoy greater success in leading their own lives and leading others and that they are motivated and inspired to act.
Adam delivers more than just a keynote—he fosters transformational experiences that challenge, inspire, and elevate leadership at every level.
Adam’s keynotes are designed to spark individual and collective growth and transformation. Adam blends captivating stories, engaging exercises, and perspective-shifting insights and strategies to enable leaders at all levels to lead themselves and others to elevated levels of performance.
Dive deeper into the strategies and insights that can allow you and your team to reach the next level of success through half-day and full-day workshops, leadership trainings, and leadership retreats. Adam leads highly interactive sessions that leave each attendee with a clear, personalized roadmap and better connected to and ready to thrive in collaboration with their colleagues.
Engage Adam and one of America’s most accomplished leaders in a highly-customized, fireside-chat style session, focused on the topics most pertinent to your audience. Adam designs bespoke in-person and virtual experiences, offering organizations the ability to access the best thought leadership from top CEOs, founders, military leaders, political leaders, and athletes at their events.
The difference between a deeply-engaging, highly-memorable fireside chat or panel discussion and one that falls flat is often determined not by who is being interviewed, but by who is entrusted with the responsibility of conducting the interview. Having interviewed thousands of prominent leaders, thought leaders, and newsmakers across business, sports, entertainment, and government, Adam brings unique experience and gravitas as a facilitator, interviewer, moderator, host, and emcee for in-person and virtual events.
Adam kept [attendees] engaged with relevant content that was delivered in a way that they left empowered and ready to change the world. Adam was extremely flexible and willing to meet several times to ensure the speech was not only on topic but engaging and relevant. I highly recommend Adam for any speaking event as he has a unique ability to tailor the material to the targeted audience with immeasurable impact.
“Although Adam has years of experience in the business world, he is so humble and down to earth when he speaks. Adam is extremely approachable, and it feels as if he is speaking to close friends when he presents. He personally connects with each member of the audience, and he knows how to really listen, validate, and include everyone’s input. Adam willingly shares his advice and is happy to help others succeed. He is not afraid to talk about the difficulties he had to face, personal and professional, proving that failure is a part of success. Adam is extremely relatable, and because of this, he is able to foster a unique sense of trust and understanding with his audience when he speaks.”
Adam Mendler is one of the most unique public speakers I’ve had the pleasure of listening to! I’ve witnessed his stand-and-deliver style as well as when he uses visual aids. Whatever kind of talk he does, not only does he engage the audience with his charm, but he also makes the experience feel like a conversation more than delivering a ‘lecture.’ I can appreciate his ways of speaking because he doesn’t make himself sound like he is above everyone else, but that we all can learn something from one another. It’s rare to find a public speaker who is both humble and successful in his delivery.
Adam has a unique ability to synthesize high-level concepts on success and leadership and to present these in a fireside chat manner presentation style, approachable to any audience. Our group was spellbound and the feedback afterwards was uniformly positive. We hope to have him back soon for a ‘tune-up‘.
Adam’s presentation was, in a word, dynamic. He presented a leadership philosophy that was both easy to understand but also incredibly thought-provoking.
Adam’s top-rated podcast, Thirty Minute Mentors, is a go-to resource for listeners around the world looking to attain next-level success personally, professionally, and as a leader. Each episode offers an inside look into the mind of one of America’s top CEOs, founders, athletes, celebrities, and political and military leaders, filled with actionable takeaways in just 30 minutes. Each week, Adam and one of America's most prominent and successful people deliver fresh insights and strategies highly applicable to listeners across all levels of their leadership journeys - from emerging leaders to CEOs.
Adam shares lessons learned from his conversation with a fifteen-time Emmy Award winner on Open Sesame’s ICON series.
Adam covers a wide range of topics, including how to ignite success, on Ignite Humanity.
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While Adam speaks to a wide range of audiences, he enters every single talk with the same two goals: 1) that every single person in the room learns new, fresh, tangible, practical information that they can apply immediately to become more successful and 2) that every single person in the room is motivated and inspired to act. The best way to get a feel for what one will experience by attending one of Adam’s talks is by reading testimonials shared by those who have attended one of Adam’s keynotes or workshops.
Absolutely. Adam has unique experience interviewing thousands of prominent leaders and thought leaders across business, sports, entertainment, politics, and the military and leverages that experience as a facilitator, moderator, and emcee at live events. Adam would love to engage with your organization however he can add the most value. It can be as a keynote speaker, as an interviewer, as a host, or through multiple roles in a single event.
Anywhere on the map… that isn’t sanctioned by the U.S. government. There is nothing Adam loves more than making a positive impact in the lives of others and he will travel near and far to do so. Adam is based in Los Angeles, but he regularly travels across the United States and has spoken internationally in countries as close as Canada and as far as Bulgaria. In addition to traveling for in-person events, Adam delivers virtual keynotes and workshops.
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